Sr. Hitting Biomechanist @BlueJays | Formerly @DrivelineBB | MA in Kinesiology | CSCS
Joined August 2022
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Benjamin Jones retweeted
12 Jan 2024
MattVP!
Best of luck as the Assistant Hitting Coach in Toronto. You'll ALWAYS have a home in Buffalo 🥹
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Benjamin Jones retweeted
12 Jan 2024
OFFICIAL: Our 2024 Major League Coaching Staff additions.
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Benjamin Jones retweeted
12 Nov 2023
Congratulations to our #BlueJays prospects and staff on winning the Arizona Fall League Championship with the Surprise Saguaros! 🏆
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Benjamin Jones retweeted
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Benjamin Jones retweeted
31 Mar 2023
If a hitter is "rolling over" to the pull side, the answer is rarely, if ever, telling them to stop pulling the ball.
The problem isn't that they are pulling the ball; the problem is that they are bad at it.
What causes rollovers? 👇
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Benjamin Jones retweeted
11 Mar 2023
Joey brings up a good point here. Bat speed alone will not make you a great hitter, and how you train bat speed matters a lot.
I know. I know. Try to contain your astonishment.
However, there are a few things I would like to point out 👇
6 Mar 2023
Mike Zunino has been identified as one of the highest bat speeds in the MLB.
In 10yrs he has only batted over .216 once in his career. He also ranks at the top of the MLB in peak EV while consistently idling at MLB Avg for EV. K% over 35%, 265 XBH, 146HRs
Let me tell you about another player.
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13 Jan 2023
Excited to share that I will be joining the Toronto Blue Jays as a biomechanist.
My time at Driveline has been an unbelievable experience. I'm grateful for the opportunity to work with some of the hardest working and brightest minds in baseball.
Excited for this new challenge!
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Benjamin Jones retweeted
11 Jan 2023
Predicting Hitter Exit Velocity: The Importance of Bat Speed.
Made possible by The OpenBiomechanics Project from @DrivelineBB. Feedback/criticism appreciated!
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Benjamin Jones retweeted
7 Jan 2023
How does a hitting assessment at @DrivelineBB improve Cardinals hitters like Nolan Arenado and Lars Nootbaar? Hitting coach @AndrewAydt tells @MattPauleyOnAir on Sports Open Line.
Listen: audacy.com/kmox/podcasts/the…
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5 Jan 2023
Couldn't agree more. One of the hardest working guys I've had the pleasure to work with @DrivelineBB
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Benjamin Jones retweeted
2 Jan 2023
One of the best breakdowns/illustrations of hitting angles. Really good piece by @Bensanity25,
@DrivelineBB
Hitting Biomechanics drivelinebaseball.com/2022/1…
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Benjamin Jones retweeted
23 Dec 2022
Coaches love looking at hand path, but what moves the hands during the swing?
In this video, the torso position is fixed. This allows us to see the hand movement in relation to the torso, essentially showing us what the arms are doing. The answer? Not a whole lot.
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21 Dec 2022
Hitting biomech data collected @DrivelineBB is now available via the OpenBiomechanics Project!
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2 Dec 2022
Check out the latest hitting biomechanics blog from @DrivelineBB on barrel direction and bat path!
This blog walks through a few key variables that describe the position and direction of the barrel at contact and how those relate to batted ball outcomes.
drivelinebaseball.com/2022/1…
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Benjamin Jones retweeted
26 Nov 2022
I started Driveline Hitting in September of 2016. Finally, after about 6 years of learning, collecting data, and building our training system, I wrote the book. It took a long time but I really wanted it to be high quality. I hope you all like it!
drivelinebaseball.com/produc…
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22 Nov 2022
Cool to see how vertical bat angle changes with pitch height from these 5 swings from the same hitter.
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22 Nov 2022
And we can see that the relationship holds across a larger sample of hitters.
(note that the convention for VBA is flipped from Blast's VBA metric)
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